>> god afternoon everybody. getthtop and we'll get to your questions. u.s. central command personnel and reestablished the temporal integration --temporary pier to the gaza beach and u.s. engineers proary force of safe and placement of the pier on the beach and no reestablishment of the pier. overnight the transfer of humanitarian assistance from cyprus to gaza will resume with more than 656 metric or 1.4 million pounds being delivered to the marshaling yard in gaza today. since may 17 when the went operational over 4100 metric tons or 9.1 million pounds have been delivered through the maritime corridor for onivery humanitarian organizations. i'd like to reiterate that and going with intention for the pier to be temporary solution as part of international for the end

date and contrary to the press reporting on the matter. therefore we'll continue to humanitarian aid for the corridor and taking necessary step of the safety and security of the personnelhe pier to include adjusting to c mediterranean sea the same way of aircraft operations and inclement wea and finally the orderly withdraw of u.s. area continues and after reigns leading come highlighted in theirnn c-17 aircraft have begun of the country in coordination of the u.s. officials and cspn many may. u.s. personnel members fluctuate duri down period and currently approximately 600 u.s. personnel in cou and remain on track for complete withdraw byfor a complete withdraw. update that and going for significant development.

>> what is the age of moving back against the pier anding out of the marching yard and the?including the world food program this is one part of the broader international effort that consists of aid being delivered via merri bowl time corridor amerri bowl time corridor and the ground being optimal way to aid but again we're going to push as gaza as we can.

i don't have an update to provide but we'll conduct air gaza. >> do you have an inter-mutant start? >> between march 2 and today there's been 39 humanitarian assistant air drops and the last on june 9 and again we'll and have the capability and will conduct air drops in the future. jot pentagon working on the breakout of the border.

>> putin and how seriously do you take this new and going for them to be seen -- are you seeing additional weapons moving from north korea to ukraine? how serious do you take this new relationship? the indo pacific and broadly like-minded nations with stability throughout the world

to include region and we'll continue to strengthen aationships with the idea that our focus is on peace, security, and stability. but certainly will also continue eep a close eye on this. >> in vietnam putin said russia is conside its nuclear doctrine for the first use doctrine. do you take tha or just nuclear stability? >> we've seen nothing at this us to change our own strategic forces posture again and more. >> the security adviser sullivan said with the policies allowing the u.s. and ukraine going over the border into russia.

>> going with the fire preparatory and going into ukraine and they conducted firing back when fired upon and it's the policy t again we see russian forces firing across the border and the ability for ukraine to fire back ground forces using u.s. provided munitionsit's self-defense and so it makes sense for them to be able to do that. only applying to the border area or further into russia.

you see russian forces attempting to cruz their border as a safe von from which to conduct preparatory fires and attack intozg of offensive actions and so again, as we see those types of operations from across the border we've explained ukraine can and does have the right to fire back to defend themselveses so again not a change to the policy that was announced earlr. it cops to long term or long range like attack guns and there's no change in the policy in thatrecord. >> the be clear. >> t theounter attack returning fire. >> thank you general. going back to the on the border between israel andnon,

you've beendz m both height of the boarder and we've certainly been concerned about that situation in both privately have been urging all parties to restore calm along the boarder and to seek a diplomatic solution you know you've heard the fact of a special envoytary austin he's spoken about with his counter parts in the region and so this is something that

will help. >> is this forking the chipping not? >> i think seeing the force through the and going s and going to attempt to ensure that doesn't happen and that this is resolved diplomatically. thank you. >> hey just real quick can you be specific about how m the washington area. >> i don't have a number to to usaib to talk about how currently have for on ward delivery. aid cannot gather at marshaling area or is that concern? >> there is a certain threshold they can have and know

that we've reached that stage and north korea and russia. is the pentagon assessing what types ofy russia may give to north korea that they haven't in the past, thinking ballistic missiles, guidance technology or >> thanks, tony. i don't have any details nor am discuss in detail any agreements between russia and the dprk at this point. again, i'd go back to w said earlier that we're not surprised about this continuing burgeoning of this relationship and we'll monitor this closely d again you know, what you've seen in the past is the dpr russia with munitions that are being employed in ukrainians and supporting russia's illegal war and concerning for all those

nations that respect sovep rule of law, >> the white house announced it was directing american contractors to shift am ram and missiles air marked for foreign customers out of foreing them the priority. what role does the pentagon have in this directive in implementing this directive or overseeing with the customers to ukraine? >> yeah, sure. you know to your point as you highlighted re-sequencing of delivery. >> planned divery s? >> no planned. re-sequencing of planned deliveries. we're working closely with industry on theropriate contracting actions from this re-sequencing to ensure we'rele to continue to support our security assistance requirements. not going to be abl into any specifics beyond that in terms of what those contracting

actions are or those companies are, but needless to make sure that not only are we support keep on track with those fms deliveries as quickly as possible. >> missiles; right? >> yes these are missiles. that's correct. ... i think you know, the was this russian offensive that was emanating from the reg being able to check that offensive and enable the ukraia t back. use the zone against the border as a du attacks. intended just to be there as i understand your question. >> the policy here is again i think national security advisor

put it in great words here in the sense isap common sense being able to fire back if you're fired [inaudible] insert u.s. and british airstrikes could you comment on that? >> they started with ain amount of capability and now they have a lesser amount of capability that's factually incorr >> is and the stress the navyen increasing. what's the endpoint here? >> as i said on the ultima objective is for freedom of navigation to the red sea and to continue to work at the u.s. national community safeguarded mariners transiting this area and will continue to do more the tread eight do these long-term and term is going to continue to have significant impacts on their own citizens.

the people living houthi control in terms of the ability for aid to be delivered the impact on the red sea as well as the economic viability of thategion. so again we are not looking to get into a conflict with the trent eight hour focus again conre navigation and safety of that maritime cord or that's on. >> the comment on the situation that happened earlier in the philippinesovernment has released a video machete wielding a knife wielding china coast guard service members attackingwa belonging to the philippines on a recent spy mission. what you have to say to that? i kind of touched on this earlier this week. this kind of behavior is a provocative book. it is reckless. it is unnecessary. it's also to the prc claims about respect for sovereignty.

and so again the philippines should have the right to be able to operate claims and those need to betected. we continue to stand by our philippines. andcontinue to call out this irresponsible and reckless behavior. >> to show for the philippines? or if they do not hav a e announcement to make. we are confident in her force a posture in the region right now. and again i will leave it at that. >> on the north of russia and that military defense agreement allowed to in the peninsula. [inaudible] >> again without getting into the specifics of their agreement, the alliance of the united states has with the rok and japan a defensive

alliance but we are there to defend. we are there t war. and so again our on working with like-minded partners in the region to include our rok and japan ensuring peacenstability throughout the region. >> what and south korea in the north korea anda?le] >> again i'm not going to do a comparative a podium at the various agreements other than to say we've been very clear but ironclad support for our allies. move russia special military operation against ukraine. eb korea. what will this make to the war in ukraine? >> is the desperation a country

like russia needs to align itself with the prk togate the people of ukraine. and the fact they have to go to a country to obtain munitions and demonstrates how isolated they are right now. but again our preserving regional peace and stability. i will leave it at that. i will move on jenny if that is all right. >> of aoncern about an increased risk to u.s. troops in the region? >> from the very beginning of the conflict between israel and hamasocused on ensuringected in the region. we deployed additional forces in support of deterrence efforts bu protection efforts are not going to speculate or into hypotheticaln to say we remain concerned about the potential for escalation on israel/lebanon border.

we will continue to encourage a diplomatic r tension. >> of the concern about israel'so wage a two front war? >> again the focus probably speaking is on preventing a wider reg conflict. you have all been following the region long all the players and actors in the is that part of the world. mostly focus on encouraging diplomatic resolutions. >> was sentenced to three years and nine months by a russian court. first question i guess is that the pentagon have a reaction? and the second question i have andbasement has anyone from the pentagon been in contact with something we continue to monitor closely both the depen army are in contact with the state department which has the like this given a u.s. citizen being held in a foreign country.

i'm going to have to refer to the state department for anything else on >> wyatt now and not earlier? what does it mean for ukrainians are there of those missiles? less time for them to be delivered to be the quality change here? >> as i am sure military program supports numerous countries around the world. but in this particular c terms of why now? what we are see once again trying to destroy re. need additional air defense capabilities which is a get a topic or talk about last week. providing with interceptors extensional this prompted t near-term plan

deliveries o to ukraine. that is the reason for why now. will increase their inventories more quickly to enable them to continue to defend the criticalucture and the civilian population. >> an ukraine. the alleys of the united states would hold them to fill that gap. could you speak more about that? >> will not speak for ukraine other than to say again secretary often highlighted last week in brussels. oh by has been talking about for a long time is air defense c priority. ukraine defense contacters are coming together to find ways to provide capabilities for ukraine when it comes to air defense. certainly many countries have stepped up to be patriots,he

capabilities. were obviously grateful for those countries they continue to do after that. >> other sci. >> again without getting into specific details both up bilaterally and nato allies of our partners to take into account with are. we are going through everything in the case of this resequencing here get. were notified. we are working with them as i had lighted to tony industry can to get those requirements filled. so across-the-board we are going to do a good allies do. by the way the fact we have resequenced the interceptor deliveries for ukraine bottom line message for allies and partners is that there's an existentialfe threat we are going

to step up and help you as we are in this case. >> thank you. [inaudible] is the worry about backlash in prepared for china are correct? >> i'm sorry can repeat that last part? >> do you feel taiwan is ready for attack by china at this time? >> the respond to that is secretary often has saids either imminent or inevitable. leave it at that. time for for couple more yes sir. >> some reports are claiming have told the u.s. they're to shift resources from south of gaza to the north. preparationeen

this report?sy from that the idf has been approved for operational plans anon. since that approval asked for any immunities on weapons from the u.s.? try to de-escalate the >> yes. in terms of the press and going to speak to potential israeli operations or planning. i would refer you to them to talk about the current status. again we' been very clear publicly and privatelye want to see calm restored along the border in ourh partners in the region to include israel and lebanon. going to into hypotheticals art speculate on if something cld our focus is preventing a wider regional confl and encouraging resolutions of these tensions we will continue to stay focused on that.

>> another one. about the other deal about the f-15. >> that was five questions. [laughter] so no change in the one shipment the 2000 pounds unguided munitions. as i mentioned on to say the final determination on how to proceed with that shipment as far as the press reported policy we do not confirm or comment on have actually been notified to congress. i would not have anything additional will do one more question. [inaudible] the stronghold in the the past. exist in iraq and syria has been

greatly diminished from her what was 10 yrs ago. the uptick in isis activity. that said they do remain a. which you continue to see international of which the u.s. as part focus on regional partners to prevent a resurgence of isis ensure different enduring defeat of i it is one of those things that again as we have all seen you cannot take your eye it. or else they can rear its ugly headwe will continue to stay focused is. thank youappreciate it.